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September 30 marks the 40th anniversary of the Hyde Amendment, a policy that blocks federal Medicaid coverage for abortion services unless a woman’s life is in danger, or in cases of rape and incest.
Reproductive rights advocates have been loud and clear on the many ways that Hyde ? a policy rider that has been tacked onto annual appropriations bills since the 1970s ? harms low-income women.read more

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Friday marks the 40th anniversary of the Hyde Amendment, a widely-supported measure that has saved more than 2 million lives by prohibiting taxpayer funding of abortions in Medicaid. But abortion activists have put a big, fat target...

September 30 marks the 40th anniversary of the Hyde Amendment, a policy that blocks federal Medicaid coverage for abortion services unless a woman’s life is in danger, or in cases of rape and incest.
Reproductive rights advocates ha...